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^Lay people sometimes try to put ideas about the group of plants we’ve studied in depth for years.

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^One such hybrid is S. cambrensis, which is now quite stable morphologically and corresponds in every way to the criteria used to define a plant species.

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.As of
2004, some 287,655 species had been identified, of which 258,650
are flowering and 18,000 bryophytes (see table
below).^Wilson cites some 1,413,000 known spsecies, but a grand total of life on earth as somewhere between 10 and 100 million species.

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Green plants, sometimes called
Viridiplantae, obtain most of their energy from sunlight via a process called
photosynthesis.

Definition

.Aristotle divided all
living things between plants (which generally do not move), and
animals (which often are mobile to catch their food).^All things in moderation and live and let live.

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^How many generations from now to the present, how many living individuals between now an then?

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^The DNA is similar, yes, because ALL DNA in living things is similar.

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In Linnaeus' system, these became the Kingdoms
Vegetabilia (later Metaphyta or Plantae) and Animalia (also called
Metazoa). .Since then, it has become clear that the Plantae as
originally defined included several unrelated groups, and the fungi and several groups of algae were removed to new kingdoms.^My point was that it isn’t all that difficult for (me) to get something published as what would be loosely defined a paper s.l., including original observations and citations.

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.However, these are still often considered plants in many contexts,
both technical and popular.^What is most fascinating is that many of these parts of the body still remain in some form so we can see the progress of evolution.

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Current definitions of
Plantae

When the name Plantae or plants is applied to a specific taxon,
it is usually referring to one of three concepts. From smallest to
largest in inclusiveness, these three groupings are:

.Outside of formal scientific contexts, the term "plant" implies
an association with certain traits, such as multicellularity,
cellulose, and photosynthesis.^The term junk DNA is another that tends to be misunderstood outside of the scientific community.

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^There are not, unless you are going to take the term THEORY out of its scientific context and redefine it, with the negative consequences lo has indicated.

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.[2][3] Many of the classification
controversies involve organisms that are rarely encountered and are
of minimal apparent economic significance, but are crucial in
developing an understanding of the evolution of modern flora.^I don’t understand why evolution is so controversial with so many religious people.

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^It is, as you say, a medieval pall upon the essential progress of modern civilization, with regard to cultural evolution and technological development as well as *ethical* maturation.

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^In fact, man is the only organism with a developed enough mental capacity to have moved on from incredibly slow Darwinian evolution to incredibly rapid cultural evolution.

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Algae

.Most algae are no longer
classified within the Kingdom Plantae.^Most likely we will have stayed within our Class (Mammalia) so of course we wont be Insects, Reptiles or Birds, but we may no longer be Homo Sapiens.

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^True, once the Kingdom is revealed, faith will no longer be necessary.

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^It is most likely used to help focus sounds in animals, but it no longer has a function in humans.

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[4][5]
The algae comprise several different groups of organisms that
produce energy through photosynthesis, each of which arose
independently from separate non-photosynthetic ancestors. Most
conspicuous among the algae are the seaweeds, multicellular algae that may roughly
resemble terrestrial plants, but are classified among the green, red, and brown algae. .Each of
these algal groups also includes various microscopic and
single-celled organisms.^Now if you want to compare to todays standards, the chicken egg (or a single cell/sperm/egg) would have come first before the actual chicken (a multiple celled organism).

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^If it doesn’t, then can we “know” that the first life forms were single cell organisms?

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The two groups of green algae are the closest relatives of land
plants (embryophytes). The first of these groups is
the Charophyta (desmids and
stoneworts), from which the embryophytes developed.[6][7
][8]
The sister group to the combined embryophytes
and charophytes is the other group of green algae,Chlorophyta, and this
more inclusive group is collectively referred to as the green
plants or Viridiplantae. The Kingdom Plantae is often taken to mean
this monophyletic grouping. .With a few
exceptions among the green algae, all such forms have cell walls
containing cellulose,
have chloroplasts
containing chlorophyllsa and b, and
store food in the form of starch.^There is a green hill far away outside a city wall, where our dear lord was crucified, who died to save us all.

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The chloroplasts
of green plants are surrounded by two membranes, suggesting they
originated directly from endosymbiotic cyanobacteria. The same is true of two
additional groups of algae: the Rhodophyta (red algae)
and Glaucophyta. .All three groups together are
generally believed to have a common origin, and so are classified
together in the taxon Archaeplastida.^You are an alien investigator obliged to classify those three groups into two related sets according to *superior capacity*.

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In contrast, most other
algae (e.g. heterokonts, haptophytes, dinoflagellates, and euglenids) have chloroplasts with three or
four surrounding membranes. They are not close relatives of the
green plants, presumably acquiring chloroplasts separately from
ingested or symbiotic green and red algae.

Fungi

Fungi were previously
included in the plant kingdom, but are now seen to be more closely
related to animals. .Unlike embryophytes and algae which are
generally photosynthetic, fungi are often saprotrophs: obtaining food by breaking down
and absorbing surrounding materials.^If you didn’t have this bacteria, your food wouldn’t be broken down and your body couldn’t absorb the nutrients.

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.Most fungi are formed by
microscopic structures called hyphae, which may or may not be divided into
cells but contain eukaryoticnuclei.^So far as we know, most of the universe is as unconscious of its own existence, form and spacing as your nails or the hair on your head or your blood cells are aware of you or their part in your existence.

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^Animalia are those of a multicellular form with specialized eukaryotic cells; have their own means of locomotion.

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Fruiting bodies, of which mushrooms are most familiar,
are the reproductive structures of fungi. They are not related to
any of the photosynthetic groups, but are close relatives of animals. Therefore, the fungi are in a
kingdom of their own.

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Phylogeny

A proposed phylogeny of the Plantae after Kenrick and Crane[17] is as
follows, with modification to the Pteridophyta from Smith et
al.[18] The
Prasinophyceae
may be a paraphyletic basal group to all green
plants.

Embryophytes

The plants that are likely most familiar to us are the multicellular land plants, called embryophytes. They
include the vascular plants, plants with full
systems of leaves, stems, and roots. .They also include a few of
their close relatives, often called bryophytes, of which mosses and liverworts are the most common.^Most religious people don’t take the opportunity to see any other side because they are so closed minded, there is no other side.

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.All of these plants have eukaryotic cells with cell walls composed of cellulose, and most obtain their energy
through photosynthesis, using light and carbon dioxide to synthesize food.^I will say that of all the people whom I have raised these topics of question and discussion with, yours has been the most reasoned and informed set of responses.

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^Under all these circumstances, and provided I have followed the rest of the ICBN rules to the T, my new plant must be listed and registered as valid.

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^If we had all these great uses for all these things: tails, plantaris muscles, pointy ears, pheremone detectors, etc., why the heck did we lose them?

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About
three hundred plant species do not photosynthesize but are parasites
on other species of photosynthetic plants. .Plants are distinguished
from green algae, which represent a mode of
photosynthetic life similar to the kind modern plants are believed
to have evolved from, by having specialized reproductive organs
protected by non-reproductive tissues.^So roughly 300 years to evolve a plant species by hybridisation in this case.

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^So it’s understandable that some people will take offense at the thought of having evolved from a lower form of life, or “animal”.

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^This thread prompted me to wonder whether the sense of humour is a redundant organ in decline throughout the species, or an evolving, advanced function.

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Bryophytes first appeared during the early Paleozoic. .They can only survive where
moisture is available for significant periods, although some
species are desiccation tolerant.^TONS of them in some places -some governments go on periodic “cleaning” campaigns where they poison as many as they can, but they never all go away.

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^They” survived because “they” were able to reach a sufficient amount of foliage, and the males were bigger because males of this species tend to be bigger than females.

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^They are the only human populations on Earth known to have been able to withstand water next to major areas of uncovered skin at near freezing point for prolonged periods.

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Most species of bryophyte remain
small throughout their life-cycle. This involves an alternation
between two generations: a haploid stage, called the gametophyte, and a diploid
stage, called the sporophyte. The sporophyte is short-lived
and remains dependent on its parent gametophyte.

Vascular plants first appeared during the Silurian period, and by the Devonian had diversified and
spread into many different land environments. .They have a number of
adaptations that allowed them to overcome the limitations of the
bryophytes.^They, in turn, may set off a new spasm of adaptation and add to the overall number of extinctions.

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These include a cuticle resistant to desiccation, and
vascular tissues which transport water throughout the organism. In
most the sporophyte acts as a separate individual, while the
gametophyte remains small.

.The first primitive seed plants, Pteridosperms (seed ferns) and
Cordaites, both groups now extinct, appeared in the late Devonian
and diversified through the Carboniferous, with further evolution
through the Permian and Triassic periods.^Explain to me, if you now believe in evolution, and see the OBVIOUS similarities to humans and chimps, both physically and in our genetic makeup, where or what exactly you think humans evolved from?

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In these
the gametophyte stage is completely reduced, and the sporophyte
begins life inside an enclosure called a seed, which develops while on the parent plant,
and with fertilisation by means of pollen grains. .Whereas other vascular plants,
such as ferns, reproduce by means of spores and so need moisture to
develop, some seed plants can survive and reproduce in extremely
arid conditions.^Some human populations have now all but completely stopped growing wisdom teeth, while others have almost 100% likelihood of developing them.

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^As long as we ‘need’ it in some way or other, it will obviously not disappear completely.

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Early seed plants are referred to as gymnosperms (naked seeds), as the seed
embryo is not enclosed in a protective structure at pollination,
with the pollen landing directly on the embryo. Four surviving
groups remain widespread now, particularly the conifers, which are
dominant trees in several biomes. The angiosperms, comprising
the flowering plants, were the last major group of plants to
appear, emerging from within the gymnosperms during the Jurassic and diversifying
rapidly during the Cretaceous. .These differ in that the seed
embryo (angiosperm) is enclosed, so the pollen has to grow a tube
to penetrate the protective seed coat; they are the predominant
group of flora in most biomes today.^Seeing as a species is a group of individuals that can interbreed to give viable offspring, as soon as a mutation prevents that then they are a different species.

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Fossils

Plant fossils include
roots, wood, leaves, seeds, fruit, pollen, spores, phytoliths, and amber (the fossilized resin produced by some
plants). Fossil land plants are recorded in terrestrial,
lacustrine, fluvial and nearshore marine sediments. Pollen, spores and algae (dinoflagellates
and acritarchs) are used
for dating sedimentary rock sequences. The remains of fossil plants
are not as common as fossil animals, although plant fossils are
locally abundant in many regions worldwide.

The earliest fossils clearly assignable to Kingdom Plantae are
fossil green algae from the Cambrian. These fossils resemble calcifiedmulticellular members of the Dasycladales. .Earlier
Precambrian fossils
are known which resemble single-cell green algae, but definitive
identity with that group of algae is uncertain.^To bad Darwin invented it before it was known the fossil record would show no transitory species of higher orders…NONE! To bad he invented this theory before the incredible complexity of single cells was known.

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The oldest known fossils of embryophytes date from the Ordovician, though such
fossils are fragmentary. By the Silurian, fossils of whole plants are
preserved, including the lycophyteBaragwanathia longifolia. From the
Devonian, detailed fossils of rhyniophytes have been
found. Early fossils of these ancient plants show the individual
cells within the plant tissue. .The Devonian period
also saw the evolution of what many believe to be the first modern
tree, Archaeopteris.^I couldn’t believe it the first time I saw it.

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^Anyone who must believe Genesis literally has taken on the task of discrediting practically all modern science, not just evolution.

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^I find it hard to believe that so many steps of human and animal evolution have survived this long anyway.

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This fern-like tree
combined a woody trunk with the fronds of a fern, but produced no
seeds.

The Coal measures are a major source of Paleozoic plant fossils,
with many groups of plants in existence at this time. The spoil
heaps of coal mines are the best places to collect; coal itself is the remains of fossilised plants,
though structural detail of the plant fossils is rarely visible in
coal. In the Fossil Forest at Victoria Park in Glasgow, Scotland, the stumps of Lepidodendron
trees are found in their original growth positions.

.Petrified
wood is common in some parts of the world, and is most
frequently found in arid or desert areas where it is more readily
exposed by erosion.^I do applaud you for at least throwing up some alternate theories – much more than most people opposed to evolution do!

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^There’s so much more there on the debates between evolutionists that the general public and most students are never exposed to.

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^What is most fascinating is that many of these parts of the body still remain in some form so we can see the progress of evolution.

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Petrified wood is often heavily silicified (the organic material replaced by silicon
dioxide), and the impregnated tissue is often preserved in fine
detail. Such specimens may be cut and polished using lapidary equipment. .Fossil
forests of petrified wood have been found in all continents.^This issue could be illustrated by the fact that has often been stated: all of the fossil materials found would fit on a billiard table or a writing table.

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^Besides, those fossils have been found thousands of kilometers from each other on locations on the Continent of the Old World.

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.Fossils of seed ferns such as Glossopteris are widely distributed
throughout several continents of the Southern Hemisphere, a fact that
gave support to Alfred Wegener's early ideas regarding
Continental
drift theory.^Those who cavalierly reject the Theory of Evolution, as not adequately supported by facts, seem quite to forget that their own theory is supported by no facts at all.” .

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^In fact there is a large enough mountain of evidence to stand quite safely on the side of evolutionary theory and support it as true.

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Structure, growth, and
development

Most of the solid material in a plant is taken from the
atmosphere. .Through a process known as photosynthesis, most plants use the
energy in sunlight to
convert carbon
dioxide from the atmosphere, plus water, into simple sugars.^One didn’t evolve through natural processes into another.

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^While its original use is still speculated on, most scientists agree with Darwin’s suggestion that it once helped to process the cellulose found in the leaf-rich diet that we once had.

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Parasitic plants, on the other hand,
use the resources of its host to grow. .These sugars are then used
as building blocks and form the main structural component of the
plant.^If you truly do have these advanced degrees, you should know that geneticly determined components cannot be affected by their use or dis-use in regard to transmission to offspring.

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^Multiple uses would require multiple structures and these would still be readable in “junk” DNA .

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^Howeever, we do know humans have always used traditional belief structures of one form or another to try to obstruct progress.

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.Chlorophyll,
a green-colored, magnesium-containing pigment is essential to this process; it is
generally present in plant leaves,
and often in other plant parts as well.^Humans have this muscle as well, but it is now so underdeveloped that it is often taken out by doctors when they need tissue for reconstruction in other parts of the body.

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^These other “theories” you speak of have they been through this process as well?

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Plants usually rely on soil primarily for support and water (in
quantitative terms), but also obtain compounds of nitrogen, phosphorus, and other crucial elemental nutrients. .Epiphytic and lithophytic plants often depend on rainwater
or other sources for nutrients and carnivorous plants supplement their
nutrient requirements with insect prey that they capture.^Humans have this muscle as well, but it is now so underdeveloped that it is often taken out by doctors when they need tissue for reconstruction in other parts of the body.

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^However, since they are supposedly not preying on one another the while, nothing is allowed for sustenance requirements whilst afloat.

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^Early humans ate a lot of plants – and they needed to eat them quickly enough that they could eat a sufficient amount in one day to get all of the nutrients they needed.

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For the
majority of plants to grow successfully they also require oxygen in the atmosphere and
around their roots for respiration. .However, some plants
grow as submerged aquatics, using oxygen dissolved in the
surrounding water, and a few specialized vascular plants, such as
mangroves, can grow with
their roots in anoxic conditions.^Some current theories surrounding probiotics mention the place of the appendix as a central repository for useful bacteria in the body.

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^One such hybrid is S. cambrensis, which is now quite stable morphologically and corresponds in every way to the criteria used to define a plant species.

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Factors
affecting growth

.The genotype of a plant affects its growth, for example selected
varieties of wheat grow rapidly, maturing within 110 days, whereas
others, in the same environmental conditions, grow more slowly and
mature within 155 days.^It still continues to evolve, often through a series of recognisable stages, from pioneer to climax, but ever more slowly with time and maturity, like anything alive.

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^The other day I couldn’t find a supprt stick I needed for a plant in my garden.

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Growth is also determined by environmental factors, such as temperature, available
water, available light, and available nutrients in the soil. Any
change in the availability of these external conditions will be
reflected in the plants growth.

Biotic factors are also capable of affecting plant growth.
Plants compete with other plants for space, water, light and
nutrients. Plants can be so crowded that no single individual
produces normal growth. Optimal plant growth can be hampered by
grazing animals, suboptimal soil composition, lack of mycorrhizal fungi, and
attacks by insects or plant diseases, including those caused
by bacteria, fungi, viruses, and nematodes.[19]

.Simple plants like algae may have short life spans as
individuals, but their populations are commonly seasonal.^Sit at the controls of evolution and, “Wow, look, it’s so simple, I can fly it just like these dumbos who’ve spent their life at it.

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.Other
plants may be organized according to their seasonal growth pattern:
annual plants live
and reproduce within one growing season, biennial plants
live for two growing seasons and usually reproduce in second year,
and perennial
plants live for many growing seasons and continue to reproduce
once they are mature.^God said that they could live in a garden of paradise as long as they didn’t eat from one tree, the result of eating from this tree is that they would definatly die.

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^Scientists are not the only ones who will continually search; they simply have their path to search and their methods of searching.

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^The intellectually hypocritical and insincere, many of whom, sadly, claim to be religious, whose main concern is to torpedo important aspects of others’ lives by any means.

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.These designations often depend on climate
and other environmental factors; plants that are annual in alpine or temperate regions can be biennial or
perennial in warmer climates.^Take away the lab induced environmental factors and the adaptation would likely go back the other way.

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Among the vascular plants, perennials
include both evergreens
that keep their leaves the entire year, and deciduous plants which lose their leaves for
some part of it. .In temperate and boreal climates,
they generally lose their leaves during the winter; many tropical
plants lose their leaves during the dry season.^Indeed, I imagine you may well lose many who accept evolution and Christianity as perfectly compatible (whether or not they are).

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The growth rate of plants is extremely variable. Some mosses
grow less than 0.001 millimeters per hour (mm/h), while most
trees grow 0.025-0.250 mm/h. .Some climbing species, such as kudzu, which do not need to produce
thick supportive tissue, may grow up to 12.5 mm/h.^Both sides need to grow up and realize that you can disagree strongly with somebody without acting like a total tool bag.

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^I’m so damn tired of being ridiculed as ignorant and stupid and “don’t read books” and “need to grow up” etc.

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Plant
cell

.Plant cells are typically distinguished by their large
water-filled central vacuole, chloroplasts, and rigid cell walls that are made up
of cellulose, hemicellulose, and
pectin.^We lack the digestive equipment to handle large amounts of cellulose 4 extra teeth just wouldn’t make up for the yards and yards of intestine we are missing.

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Cell division is
also characterized by the development of a phragmoplast for the construction of a cell plate in the late
stages of cytokinesis. .Just as in animals, plant
cells differentiate and develop into multiple cell types.^Through time, cells evolved into multiple cells creating a multiple celled organism.

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Physiology

Photosynthesis

.Plants are photosynthetic, which means that they
manufacture their own food molecules using energy obtained from light.^Just because the ancient Hebrews didn’t have electric light doesn’t mean they don’t know about symbolism.

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^I merely use its principles in our own highly focussed line of inquiry, where they make absolute and perfect sense of what we observe.

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^Intelligence does indeed have a genetic component, but if a parent does not use their own ‘allowance’ as it were, they will not pass on a diminished potential to their children.

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The primary mechanism plants
have for capturing light energy is the pigmentchlorophyll. .All green plants contain two
forms of chlorophyll, chlorophyll a and chlorophyll
b.^Interpretations of biological Evidence comparing animals, humans, plant, and microscopic life forms that would purport to show a common designer of all life.

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The latter of these pigments is not found in red or
brown algae.

Internal
distribution

Vascular
plants differ from other plants in that they transport
nutrients between different parts through specialized structures,
called xylem and phloem. They also have roots for taking up water and
minerals. .The xylem moves water and minerals from the root to the
rest of the plant, and the phloem provides the roots with sugars
and other nutrient produced by the leaves.^Under all these circumstances, and provided I have followed the rest of the ICBN rules to the T, my new plant must be listed and registered as valid.

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Ecology

The photosynthesis conducted by land plants and algae is the
ultimate source of energy and organic material in nearly all
ecosystems. Photosynthesis radically changed the composition of the
early Earth's atmosphere, which as a result is now 21% oxygen. Animals and most other
organisms are aerobic, relying on oxygen; those that
do not are confined to relatively rare anaerobic environments. Plants are the primary producers in most
terrestrial ecosystems and form the basis of the food web
in those ecosystems. Many animals rely on plants for shelter as
well as oxygen and food.

Distribution

Plants are distributed worldwide in varying numbers. While they
inhabit a multitude of biomes
and ecoregions, few can
be found beyond the tundras at
the northernmost regions of continental shelves. At the southern
extremes, plants have adapted tenaciously to the prevailing
conditions. (See Antarctic flora.)

Plants are often the dominant physical and structural component
of habitats where they occur. Many of the Earth's biomes are named for the type of vegetation
because plants are the dominant organisms in those biomes, such as
grasslands and forests.

Ecological relationships

Numerous animals have coevolved with plants. Many animals pollinateflowers in exchange for food in the form of
pollen or nectar. Many animals
disperse seeds, often by eating fruit and passing the seeds in
their feces. Myrmecophytes are
plants that have coevolved with ants. The plant provides a home, and sometimes
food, for the ants. In exchange, the ants defend the plant from herbivores and sometimes
competing plants. Ant wastes provide organic fertilizer.

The majority of plant species have various kinds of fungi
associated with their root systems in a kind of mutualisticsymbiosis known as mycorrhiza. The fungi help the plants gain
water and mineral nutrients from the soil, while the plant gives
the fungi carbohydrates manufactured in photosynthesis. Some plants
serve as homes for endophytic fungi that protect the plant from
herbivores by producing toxins. The fungal endophyte, Neotyphodium
coenophialum, in tall fescue
(Festuca arundinacea) does tremendous economic damage to
the cattle industry in the U.S.

.Various forms of parasitism are also fairly common among plants,
from the semi-parasitic mistletoe that merely takes some nutrients
from its host, but still has photosynthetic leaves, to the fully
parasitic broomrape and
toothwort that acquire
all their nutrients through connections to the roots of other
plants, and so have no chlorophyll.^BUT, there are non-Christian scientific objections to biological Darwinism presented here (to various degrees — some reject a small part, some object all, some see a harmony between evolution and Christianity, some merely want more study.

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^Most religious people don’t take the opportunity to see any other side because they are so closed minded, there is no other side.

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^What is most fascinating is that many of these parts of the body still remain in some form so we can see the progress of evolution.

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.Many plants are epiphytes, meaning they grow on other plants,
usually trees, without parasitizing them.^Guess my point here is that while I know that vestigial does not mean functionless, many others do not grasp this truth.

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^The intellectually hypocritical and insincere, many of whom, sadly, claim to be religious, whose main concern is to torpedo important aspects of others’ lives by any means.

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Epiphytes may indirectly
harm their host plant by intercepting mineral nutrients and light
that the host would otherwise receive. The weight of large numbers
of epiphytes may break tree limbs. Hemiepiphytes like the strangler fig begin
as epiphytes but eventually set their own roots and overpower and
kill their host. Many orchids, bromeliads, ferns and mosses often grow as epiphytes. Bromeliad
epiphytes accumulate water in leaf axils to form phytotelmata,
complex aquatic food webs.[22]

.Approximately 630 plants are carnivorous, such as the Venus Flytrap
(Dionaea muscipula) and sundew (Drosera species).^One such hybrid is S. cambrensis, which is now quite stable morphologically and corresponds in every way to the criteria used to define a plant species.

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.The study of plant uses by people is termed economic botany or
ethnobotany; some
consider economic botany to focus on modern cultivated plants,
while ethnobotany focuses on indigenous plants cultivated and used
by native peoples.^Lay people sometimes try to put ideas about the group of plants we’ve studied in depth for years.

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^Some great people on this thread have been very generous in considering and responding to my posts (lo and Anon, and yes apparently you Randall).

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Pesticides derived from plants include nicotine, rotenone, strychnine and pyrethrins. Drugs obtained from plants
include opium, cocaine and marijuana.
Poisons from plants include ricin, hemlock and curare. Plants are the source of many natural
products such as fibers, essential oils, dyes, pigments, waxes, tannins, latex, gums, resins, alkaloids, amber and cork. Products
derived from plants include soaps, paints, shampoos, perfumes,
cosmetics, turpentine, rubber, varnish, lubricants, linoleum,
plastics, inks, chewing gum and hemp rope. Plants are also a
primary source of basic chemicals for the industrial synthesis of a
vast array of organic chemicals. These chemicals are used in a vast
variety of studies and experiments.

Aesthetic
uses

.Thousands of plant species are cultivated for aesthetic purposes
as well as to provide shade, modify temperatures, reduce wind,
abate noise, provide privacy, and prevent soil erosion.^The whole purpose of human existence could easily be to provide a defense system for a planet, to prevent other rocks from hitting our rock.

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.People use
cut flowers, dried flowers and houseplants indoors or in greenhouses.^IMO the story was never as cut and dry as some people may believe.

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Scientific and cultural
uses

Tree
rings are an important method of dating in archeology and serve
as a record of past climates. .Basic biological research has often
been done with plants, such as the pea plants used to derive Gregor Mendel's
laws of genetics.^One such hybrid is S. cambrensis, which is now quite stable morphologically and corresponds in every way to the criteria used to define a plant species.

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.Space stations or space colonies may one day rely
on plants for life support.^Early humans ate a lot of plants – and they needed to eat them quickly enough that they could eat a sufficient amount in one day to get all of the nutrients they needed.

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Plants are used as national and state emblems, including
state trees and state
flowers. Ancient trees are revered and many are famous. Numerous world records are held by
plants. .Plants are often used as memorials, gifts and to mark
special occasions such as births, deaths, weddings and holidays.^One such hybrid is S. cambrensis, which is now quite stable morphologically and corresponds in every way to the criteria used to define a plant species.

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Plants figure prominently in mythology,
religion and literature. .The field of ethnobotany studies
plant use by indigenous cultures which helps to conserve endangered
species as well as discover new medicinal plants.^Every one of them wants to be the one that discovers a new species of something or find proof of a continous time line.

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^One such hybrid is S. cambrensis, which is now quite stable morphologically and corresponds in every way to the criteria used to define a plant species.

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Gardening is the most popular leisure
activity in the U.S. Working with plants or horticulture therapy is beneficial for
rehabilitating people with disabilities. Certain plants contain
psychotropic chemicals which are extracted and ingested, including
tobacco, cannabis
(marijuana), and opium.

Negative
effects

Weeds are plants that grow
where people do not want them. People have spread plants beyond
their native ranges and some of these introduced plants become invasive,
damaging existing ecosystems by displacing native species. Invasive
plants cause billions of dollars in crop losses annually by
displacing crop plants, they increase the cost of production and
the use of chemical means to control them affects the
environment.

Plants may cause harm to people and animals. Plants that produce
windblown pollen invoke allergic reactions in people who suffer
from hay
fever. A wide variety of plants are poisonous to people and/or
animals. Several plants cause skin irritations when touched, such
as poison ivy. Certain
plants contain psychotropicchemicals, which are extracted and
ingested or smoked, including tobacco, cannabis (marijuana), cocaine and opium. .Smoking causes damage to health or even
death, while some drugs may also be harmful or fatal to people[24][25].^IMO the story was never as cut and dry as some people may believe.

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^Some have estimated based on genetic similarity that all people may be as closely related as no more than 50th cousin.

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^Scientists are ambitious and ruthless people, always looking for some chink in existing *armour* or a new hint that will bring them fame and perhaps even a Nobel.

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Both
illegal and legal drugs derived from plants may have negative
effects on the economy, affecting worker productivity and law
enforcement costs.[26][27].Some
plants cause allergic reactions in people and animals when
ingested, while other plants cause food intolerances that
negatively affect health.^Randall – at least my medications don’t cause me to make fart noises when I’m rolling around in bed, unlike some people I could mention.

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^This would be an illogical appeal to authority: other educated people don’t believe, and the fact that some do says nothing about the validity of the beliefs themselves.

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^It is this organ that allows some animals to track others for sex and to know of potential dangers.

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Plants are one of five big groups (kingdoms) of living things. They are autotrophiceukaryotes, which means they have complex cells, and make their own food. Usually they can not move (not counting growth).

Most plants grow in the ground, with stems above, and roots below. Water and some nutrients come from the roots. The evaporation of water from pores in the leaves pulls water through the plant. This is called transpiration.

A plant needs sunlight, carbon dioxide, minerals and water to make food. A green substance in plants called chlorophyll traps the energy from the Sun needed to make food. Chlorophyll is mostly found in leaves, inside plastids, which are inside the leafcells. The leaf can be thought of as a food factory. Leaves of plants vary in shape and size, but they are always the plant organ best suited to capture solar energy. Once the food is made in the leaf, it is transported to the other parts of the plant such as stems and roots. [1][2]

The word "plant" can also mean to put something in the ground. For example, farmers plant seeds in the ground.

Roots and water

The roots of plants perform two main functions. First, they anchor the plant to the ground. Second, they absorb water and various nutrients dissolved in water from the soil. Plants use the water to make food. The water also provides the plant with support. Plants that lack water become very limp and their stems cannot support their leaves. Plants which specialise in desert areas are called xerophytes.

Water is transported from the roots to the rest of the plant through special vessels in the plant. When the water reaches the leaves, some of it evaporates into the air. Many plants need the help of fungi to make their roots work properly. This plant/fungi symbiosis is called mycorrhiza. Rhizobiabacteria in root nodules help some plants get nitrogen.[5]

Flowering plant reproduction

Flowers and pollination

Flowers are the reproductive organ only of flowering plants (Angiosperms). The petals of a flower are often brightly colored and scented to attract insects and other pollinators. The stamen is the male part of the plant. It is composed of the filament (a stalk) that holds the anther, which produces the pollen. Pollen is needed for plants to produce seeds. The carpel is the female part of the flower. The top part of the carpel contains the stigma. The style is the neck of the carpel. The ovary is the swollen area at the bottom of the carpel. The ovary produces the seeds. The sepal is a leaf that protects a flower as a bud.

The process by which pollen gets transferred from one flower to another flower is called pollination. This transfer can happen in different ways. Insects such as bees are attracted to bright, scented flowers. When bees go into the flower to gather nectar, the spiky pollen sticks to their back legs. The sticky stigma on another flower catches the pollen when the bee lands or flies nearby it. Some flowers use the wind to carry pollen. Their dangling stamens produce lots of pollen that is light enough to be carried by the wind. The stigmas of these flowers are feathery and hang outside the flower to catch the pollen as it falls.[6]

Seed travellers

A plant produces many spores or seeds. Lower plants such as moss and ferns produce spores. The seed plants are the Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. If all the seeds fell to the ground besides the plant, the area might become overcrowded. There might not be enough water and minerals for all the seeds. Seeds usually have some way to get to new places. Some seeds can be dispersed by the wind or by water. Seeds inside juicy fruits are dispersed after being eaten. Sometimes, seeds stick to animals and are dispersed that way.[7]